Correlation between iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury and angular insertion of the medial pin in supracondylar humerus fractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-61

  Özçelik, Abdurrahman ^a   Tekcan, Aybars ^a   Ömeroǧlu, Hakan ^a,b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Medial pin; Supraconylar humerus fracture; Ulnar nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 28044459150     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200601000-00012     Document Type: Article

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